> Well, I am not taking sides on Chomsky, however
> I would say that this tactic of "shifting topics"
> is a cheap tactic that some on the Left use to
> evade criticism.
>
> We have perfect examples of this cheap rhetorical
> trick on this board. If you criticize North Korea,
> Iraq or the Taliban, Yoshie will not respond to your
> criticism, she will cite an instance where the US
> has done the same or worse. It's not that the
> instance that she cites is wrong, but she uses
> it as a decoy to deflect criticism of her darling
> regimes.
As was said in the piece on "The Left and 9/11" by Don Guttenplan, for some "there is only one imperialism, and if it isn't American it's not imperialism." Hence the volley of red herrings.
> "A question is always the desire to know, and to preserve simple
> human truths, we need secrets. The secrets of happiness, death,
> love."
>
> From the movie "Solaris" by Andrei Tarkovsky
<Homer Simpson voice> Mmmmm, Tarkovsky.
-- Shane
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